Here it is, the Mechmetal project.

 Ranging from precision tools machinery, boxing and packaging devices, loaders and robotic mechanisms applied to existing machinery, Mechmetal is at the forefront in the study and creation of all the latest high-tech equipment.In the following pages you fill find its new engineering machinery, dedicated to the innovating production of tapes without a core.

SCOTCH TAPE WITHOUT CORE CARDBOARD ROLL

The core plastic or cardboard roll the majority of tapes are rolled around has a cost, this new technology allows us to avoid  using the roll and therefore the cost disappears.

The cost of the core rolls comprises of several elements.

First of all, the manufacturing costs, then the transport costs (from manufacturer to client) of a large and fragile load;

Consequently we have storage costs and shifts in humidity and fragility: these two variables might compromise the tape’s production, giving rise to significant delays in the manufacturing process and the need to restart the machinery. Unfortunately these often occurs when the core rolls are already loaded in the machinery.

The utilisation of core rolls implies their substitution every time there is a change in size of the scotch tape. For a minimum of four different sizes the cubature required in the dry area required in the stock room is significant.

The green disposal of the core rolls: many core rolls are made of cardboard which is recyclable, however millions of rolls get lost and the amount is not so significant to give enough raw material to recreate them.

In conclusion, if the core roll is not required, it cannot give rise to any of the above mentioned problems.

 NEW MACHINE FOR THE PRODUCTION OR CORE ROLL-FREE TAPES

 The difference between the new machines and the ones currently operating on the market lies in the last part of the machine: the part of roll up, rotation, last cut and offload.

 Current machines use the core rolls as a support to roll up the tape and create the rolls. The core roll load is automated, as is the off load of the final scotch tape rolls.

This automation is bulky and cumbersome, one of the major parts are the roll up shafts where the core rolls are placed and the tape will be inserted, rolled up around and taken off.

This automation sometimes takes up more than half the size of the whole machine and it’s very expensive, considering that for every length of the roll more than 80% of it has to be substituted and resulting in downtime and decreased production. Moreover a significant area is required to stock every size.

Considerable time is required to shift from the production of one size to the other (not only for the time to change the size).

 The new machine does not need this load automation and therefore does not create all the mentioned issues. In the area intended to the traditional core roll machines you can place two core roll-free machines.